Background
Information: I have always been captivated by carousel horses,
especially those carved in the highly realistic manner known as the
"Philadelphia" style. The challenge for me was to capture that "frozen"
movement in a series of detailed carousel horses, each representing
a season of the year. "Spring" is a type of carousel horse known as
a "jumper"- an animal designed to have all four feet up off the carousel
platform, which moves up and down as the carousel turns. It is interesting
to note that after the advent of the electrical overhead drive, which
made this movement possible, most carousel manufacturers opted to
keep stationery animals on the outside rows, and placed "jumpers"
on the inside rows.

Stitching
Comments: This is a large design, with lots of quarter stitches
and backstitching. The border adds a significant amount of work to
the piece; it may be omitted if desired .